This patch makes dput_path() and path_to_nameidata() general available.
Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@xxxxxxx>
---
fs/namei.c | 16 ----------------
include/linux/namei.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -573,22 +573,6 @@ fail:
return PTR_ERR(link);
}
-static inline void dput_path(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
-{
- dput(path->dentry);
- if (path->mnt != nd->mnt)
- mntput(path->mnt);
-}
-
-static inline void path_to_nameidata(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
-{
- dput(nd->dentry);
- if (nd->mnt != path->mnt)
- mntput(nd->mnt);
- nd->mnt = path->mnt;
- nd->dentry = path->dentry;
-}
-
static __always_inline int __do_follow_link(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
{
int error;
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -119,5 +119,20 @@ static inline void pathput(struct path *
dput(path->dentry);
mntput(path->mnt);
}
+static inline void dput_path(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+ dput(path->dentry);
+ if (path->mnt != nd->mnt)
+ mntput(path->mnt);
+}
+
+static inline void path_to_nameidata(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+ dput(nd->dentry);
+ if (nd->mnt != path->mnt)
+ mntput(nd->mnt);
+ nd->mnt = path->mnt;
+ nd->dentry = path->dentry;
+}
#endif /* _LINUX_NAMEI_H */
--
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